nycdaug Chapter 288 Zombie King (8)
Chapter 288 Zombie King (8)
It can't be that men use these things as hard currency just because they want to smoke and drink, right?
Thinking of this, Lu Changqing suddenly realized that this was really possible.
Although women also smoke and drink, their number is still less than that of men. In the subconscious of most people, the four words "smoking and drinking" are almost bound up with men.
Although the original text is mostly from the perspective of the heroine, the story setting and narrative are still the same as the wife-dominated male-dominated one - the heroine is as beautiful as a flower, and the hero fights for dominance over the world.
Therefore, it makes sense in the original text's worldview to use cigarettes and alcohol, which are considered by some people to be items only used by men and which reflect men's masculinity, as hard currency.
Lu Changqing felt a chill running up her spine from the soles of her feet. She had always thought that this kind of wife-related literature simply weakened, objectified, and labeled female characters, but she never expected that it could develop into something like ugly literature - de-feminization.
Even if we don't analyze this weird setting from the perspective of men and women, we can start from the basic logic of reality. Even if you haven't experienced the end of the world, you must have seen wars in books, right? In which dynasty did wine become money?
No! Only gold is the strongest currency in the world!
Lu Changqing told the system: "Tell them that non-essential items such as cigarettes and alcohol will no longer be used as hard currency in our base. If someone wants to exchange them privately, that's up to them."
She does not deprive people of their rights to smoke and drink, but she defends the value of gold and other valuables to the death.
After the system finished transmitting the message, Lu Changqing asked her to ask if there was anyone here who had managed the finances of a large company, but no one raised their hand.
There was no other way, Lu Changqing could only remove the first adjective and just ask if there was an accountant.
Now dozens of people raised their hands, mostly women.
Lu Changqing asked them all to come forward and introduce themselves one by one and talk about their work experience.
Since so many people are not needed now, Lu Changqing eliminated the accountants who had short working experience and worked in units with fewer people, so there are only six left.
It is impossible to survive as a lone wolf in the apocalypse, especially for ordinary people without super powers. Lu Changqing's ultimate goal is to unite them, eliminate the zombies and the people with super powers.
Yes, Lu Changqing never thought of letting people with super powers rule the world from the beginning.
The original text has a setting for people with special abilities that is very beneficial to Lu Changqing's plan to eliminate them. That is, regardless of whether they are men or women, people with special abilities cannot reproduce. Female people with special abilities will no longer ovulate, and male people with special abilities will lose their sperm vitality, which will directly and fundamentally eliminate the problem of family monopoly in the new era.
Of course, the author set it up this way not to kill the psychics, but to show the importance of the heroine who holds the spiritual spring, because the spiritual spring water in her hand can perfectly solve the problem of fertility for the psychics.
If people with special abilities get together, the next generation will definitely be people with special abilities. If people with special abilities get together with ordinary people, the chance is 50%. In the later period when multiple partners are legalized and the population is declining, the country will definitely promote childbirth for the sake of social development. In an era when everyone wants to be a person with special abilities, due to the differences in the physical structure of men and women, the burden of childbirth will only fall on women.
Female superpowers may be better, after all, they have a certain ability to resist, but what about ordinary women? They will only become surrogate tools under the author's totalitarian (male) power.
Lu Changqing once thought that the cheating finger the author gave to the heroine was actually to make things convenient for the hero.
The heroine's special ability is water power, which has lower destructive power than the hero's lightning power. This results in the fact that even if both of them use the spiritual spring water together, the heroine still cannot beat the hero.
In addition, the spiritual spring water can cure the infertility of people with special powers, so those who want to give birth to children with special powers can only be loyal to the male protagonist.
Why not be loyal to the heroine? Because the author sets the heroine as the hero's pendant. Although she is full of treasures, she is indifferent to fame and fortune and does not compete with the world. She has no scheming, ability, or ambition. She is a cute and virtuous good wife in the eyes of the hero, and a gentle and capable good sister-in-law in the eyes of the hero's younger brothers.
I've only heard of a younger brother following an older brother, but never heard of a younger brother following an older sister-in-law. It's not like the older brother is dead.
This has gone off topic. Lu Changqing first asked the six people to stand aside, and then asked if there was a doctor among the crowd.
There were only two people, both men, both looked to be in their thirties, one from the dental department and the other from the internal medicine department. Lu Changqing asked the one from the internal medicine department to step forward first.
Next came the teachers. Now there were more people, some female, some male, some young...
Wait - Lu Changqing took a quick look and discovered a problem. Why are there no children or elderly people in this base?
"Why are there no children and elderly people in your base?"
When everyone heard this, they all looked at the several psychics who were knocked unconscious by Lu Changqing and tied up like dumplings.
No one in the crowd spoke, and Lu Changqing looked at the six accountants.
The youngest, Zhao Huimin, stepped forward and stammered, "Before, Chairman Huang... Huang Mian and his team, the top leadership of this base, said that the elderly and children were a burden, so they kicked out everyone under the age of ten and over the age of sixty?"
Lu Changqing was surprised, "No one stopped it?"
"We made a scene, but it was useless. Their abilities were too strong, and we were just ordinary people without any weapons."
"Where have all those old people and children been driven to?"
Zhao Huimin replied: "A few female psychics couldn't stand it, so they followed Huang Mian and his men when they drove away the elderly and children."
"So are they dead or alive now? Where are they?"
"I don't know about that. The people above us only told us how dangerous it is outside the base and asked us to stay out of trouble." Zhao Huimin said to the few psychics who just wanted to lie on the ground and not move, "The leaders can ask them. These people should know about these things."
Lu Changqing glanced at Zhao Huimin and made her tremble all over. It was not because she was intimidated by the cold temperament and cold eyes, but because ordinary people have a natural fear of green-faced and fang-toothed zombies.
Lu Changqing pointed his chin at the unconscious psychics on the ground and asked, "See if there are any of Huang Mian's men on the ground."
Zhao Huimin shook her head. "Huang Mian and his trusted aides drove away with the supplies from the base."
Lu Changqing nodded to indicate that she understood, and asked the system to help pass the message that she would distribute the supplies later and let these people return to their homes temporarily and not run around.
These people are not stupid. Even if Lu Changqing didn't say anything, no one would dare to run out. There are zombies wandering outside the base, and going out means death.
Those who have survived to this day have all had their endurance trained. Since they are all slaves anyway, there doesn't seem to be much difference between being slaved by a mutant and being slaved by zombies.